The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-16

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for them to carry their heads. No one
is deceived by such style.
About tablespoonful of liquid am.
monia mixed with a gallon and half OF
water and sprinkled on plants and soil
is coming into use in England for de-
stroying slugs.
Old hogs fattened on corn or other
grain exclusively, have very solid pork,
in fact, too solid for good eating. Fruit
and vegetables, fed Systematically, are
good for them.
It is not that corn is not good for
stock, says the Lioe Stock Journal, that
we hear so much about its deleterious ef-
fects, but rather because it is not fed
with discretion.
The ordinary farmer who raises more
than one breed each of horses, cattle,
sheep, swine or poultry, is apt to lose
money and if he does not raise the best OF
each kind, he does not make so much
money as he might.
What is the value of cow that makes
100 pounds of butter per year in compar-
ison to one that makes $50 pounds per
year2 It is as 10 to 100. By few years
work in testing and wedding out the
poor COWS, any dairyman can have dairy
that will average $50 pounds of butter,
or more, to the COW.
The plan of farmer for securing large
crops is thus stated by him: 81 tell my
men to harrow the ground until they
think it is narrowed twice as much as it
ought to be, and then tell them it is
not narrowed half enough" Thorough
pulverization of the soil is more import
ant than any other crop.
The Lincoln are the largest breed of
sheep in the world, having, in some in
some instances, attained dressed weight
of nearly 400 pounds. They yield beau
tiful fleece of lustrous wool about ten
inches in length and weighing from eig Int
to fifteen pounds. They are not popular
in this country, because they require too
much care to suit the ordinary farmer.
A writer in the Country Gentleman had
two acres of pasture land literally COW
cred with garlic. When it was fully
headed, but before the seeds were ma
ture, he moved it with scythe close
to the ground, allowing the heads to lie
where they fell. This was last year; to.
day not single garlic plant can be found
in the space moved over, while it Is
plenty everywhere else on the farm.
A correspondent gives very simple
and easily tried means of driving rats
from the premises, and which he says is
very effective. Take copperas, the guam
tity to depend upon the number of build
ings or places infested; pulverize it very
fine, and sprinkle it in all the buildings
in fact, in every place where they have
been in the habit of frequenting. In
few days, according to the writer, all the
rats will be gone.
1t is the opinion of Sir J. B. Lawes,
whose opinions upon such matters are en-
titled to and receive much weight, that
the best time to cut grass, either for hay
or ensilage purposes, is when the majority
of grasses are in flower. He thinks
nothing is gained by waiting longer, his
reason for such belief being that in the
case of most of the grasses the seed
formed is exceedingly light and the food
which it contains is exceedingly small.
Professor J. Hayes Panton, of the Ag.
ricultural College, of Ontario, suggests
remedies for potato rot, which we con-
dense as follows: Dig as soon as brown
spots appear. Put in cold, dry place af.
ter digging. Grow early varieties. Burn
all affected stalks. Use only good seed.
Get seed from unaffected districts. Don't
plant in a field in which rot occurred the
previous year. Avoid planting upon a
heavy clay soil, but prefer a light and
dry one.
Although there is little material value
in coal ashes, they are we'll worth saving
for various uses Thrown into the hen
house they make good bed for fowls to
roll in and free themselves from vermin.
They are also good absorbent to put in
privy vaults, and serve not only to pre-
vent offensive smells, but to put valuable
fertilizers into condition for use. In the
summer dry coal ashes can be used with
paris green for destroying potato bugs
and injurious insects. Now is the time
to save the ashes dry.
Ear ~ lambs need close looking after if
they are to be made to grow fast; let
them have plenty of meal where they can
get it, and be away from the sheep. The
sheep must be we'll cared for and fed so
as to secure the largest amount of milk
possible. For early lambs, one lamb to
sheep is enough. 1t is important to have
good quarters, not too warm and tight,
but dry and plenty of room. Sheep and
lambs after few days old need fresh air
and sunshine; they will rarely suffer with
the cold if KEEP: dry. 1t is mistake to
keep sheep in small, close house; even
in cold weather they naturally require ex-
ercise in the open air, and should have it
in fair weather; but in stormy weather
they should be kept under cover where
there is plenty of room and pure air.
Smallpox and Cowpox.
George Fleming, Ill. D., principal
of IL